22 minutes for Fredette is definitely an anomaly. He usually gets DNP or a couple of garbage minutes. He's the 4th guard behind Jrue Holliday, Tyreke Evans and Austin Rivers. Realistically, he needs one of these guys to get injured. Rivers is also in his 4th season, but has always gotten consistent 20 min per game, despite being a colossal bust and showing no signs of improvement.
Fredette, 20+ minutes tonight and 14 points....
Ginobili, SAS. 26/7
Redick, LAC. 20
Anderson, NOP. 18
Olynyk, BOS. 15/4/3...
also, I meant to mention this last night, but didn't get around to it. Brook Lopez came back and started for Brooklyn and took 21 shots and scored 29 points, probably a career best, he was averaging only 16 pts/game. Meanwhile Mason Plumlee averaging around 18/10 since becoming a starter in Lopez's absence only got off 4 shots and scored 4 pts.
I wonder if Plumlee will ever get a chance to become a consistent starter for Brooklyn much less any other NBA team?
last night...
Hayward, UT. 26
Dragic, PHX. 22
Belinelli, SAS. 18/4
Gasol, MEM. 17/9/5
Nowitzki, DAL. 13/8
Kanter, UT. 14/12
also... David Lee came back for the Golden State and scored 13 points. He's been missed this year in the top scorers and rebounders. I'm afraid Lee has lost his starting job though!
This year has been kind of a downer compared to last season. Lee and Spencer Hawes were among the top rebounders last year and are no where to be found at this time. Hawes's trade hasn't helped him minute wise at all and Lee has been hurt.
Kevin Love in the top 2 and 4 in the NBA in scoring and rebounding last season, is barely in the top 10 in rebounding and 34th in scoring at 17 pts./game.
Marc Gasol has been playing well in the top 20 in both scoring (20.1), 18th and rebounding, (8.3), 15th!
Despite being injured for a few games, Nikola Vucevic is playing like an all star, 5th in rebounding, 11.3 and 24th in scoring, 18.1!
Gordon Hayward is averaging a career high 19.2 pts./game, should be avg. at least 25!
There are 7, I believe, white players in the top 40 in scoring and none in the top 10 and 10 in the top 51. I think at times during last season, we had anywhere from 8-10 white players in the top 40.
There are 10/11 white rebounders in the top 40 and 12/13 in the top 50, depending on who you consider white?